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If tube 1 fits nicely between tube 2 and the center slit then I would locate the tubes as you have them in the pictures without modifying anything, but if tube 1 doesn’t fit, then I would trim the corner in this picture to make tube 1 fit.

It looks like it extends about 5 mm past the slit, so I would trim off 5 mm at the corner and gradually…[Read more]

Oh, seems like I replied to myself instead of to you. Hope you see my picture above 🙂 .

True, I didn’t send the right photo, here it is. I didn’t proceed yet..

Hi Tuk,

Apologies for the slow reply – for some reason the notification for this post went to my spam folder and I just saw it now.

A 1 cm difference isn’t a big deal (it’s about 1% of the overall length of the seam) and it won’t make a noticeable difference in the finished packraft, but how to accommodate it depends a bit on the adjacent tubes…[Read more]

Very cool 🙂

I created a design and then drew it on the back of a sheet of light coloured dressmakers carbon paper. I put the carbon paper design over a suitable scrap of TPU fabric and  traced my design… transferring the image on to the fabric. Then I cut out the design and heat sealed it onto the hull. The transfer lines wash off.

That is a great idea – I will try it myself!

Beautiful! How did you make the logos? They look great!

Maiden voyage for ‘Poppy the Packraft’ and ‘Trout’n about’, Pye Lake Vancouver Island

I picked up a silicone bread loaf pan from the the thrift store and cut the smooth outer edge off (the straighter and longer the edge the better… maybe a cake pan?).  I found this worked perfectly for welding seams as it has a slight give to it when you press with the iron and you don’t end up with nearly as many voids in the weld as you do…[Read more]